Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions

I.5)

Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title:

Request for Tenders for the provision of Services to Measure and Assess the Quality of Early Years Provision in Ireland.

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

73300000

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services

II.1.4)

Short description:

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is seeking proposals from Tenderers to:

1.) Develop and pilot a measurement instrument(s) and supporting documentation to assess the quality of early years provision in the Irish context;

2.) Undertake a baseline assessment of quality in a representative sample of registered early years settings in Ireland; and

3.) Provide the outputs as specified in the RFT.

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title:

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

73000000

73100000

73110000

73120000

73200000

80110000

II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code: IE

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement:

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs is seeking proposals from Tenderers to:

1) Develop and pilot a measurement instrument(s) and supporting documentation to assess the quality of early years provision in the Irish context;

2) Undertake a baseline assessment of quality in a representative sample of registered early years settings in Ireland; and

3) Provide the outputs as specified in the RFT.

Context

An assessment of the quality of early years provision in the Irish context was first recommended in ‘Right from the Start: The Report of the Expert Advisory Group on the Early Years Strategy’ (Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2013) and subsequently in the Report of the Inter-Departmental Group on Future Investment (Department of Children and Youth Affairs, 2015)

In Budget 2016, the DCYA secured funding to conduct this assessment of quality and is now requesting proposals from Tenderers to undertake this work. Tenderers are required to submit complete proposals to address all of the requirements of the Study.

The Study

The successful Tenderer shall also undertake data analysis and finalise a prescribed set of outputs. It shall also manage a range of issues arising throughout the Study.

As it is intended to undertake follow-up assessments of quality at regular intervals to assess quality trends over time, the successful Tenderer shall be responsible for ensuring that the measurement instrument(s) is developed and the baseline assessment is carried out in a way that will allow follow-up assessments to be commissioned if such a decision is taken by the DCYA.

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality of services offered / Weighting: 75

Price - Weighting: 25

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no

II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

II.2.14)

Additional information

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

IV.1.6)

Information about electronic auction

IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes